80 Ann Street

Brisbane Office Building Provides a Sustainable Solution for a Subtropical Climate

This sophisticated 32-story office building slated for Brisbane both pays tribute to the local history and provides a progressive solution for the city’s subtropical climate. Fashioned as a tower-on-podium, it will be built within a historical business district and house the heritage-listed Turbot Street Fruit Market within its street-level-floors. Taking cues from the early 20th-century site’s original roof form, the 5,500-square-meter area designated for retail and studio spaces protects the authentic edifice and mitigates wind and rain with a glazed canopy. The podium is publicly accessible from three different points and includes indoor landscaping to alleviate pedestrian traffic and create a friendly environment.

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The tower is conceived as a vertical community with two parallel volumes connected by atriums and outdoor terraces. The design embraces the climate by allowing cooling breezes inside with operable windows and natural air ventilation systems. So that employees are comfortable, a double-glazed treatment was integrated into its exterior to ward off the harsh sun. Companies that inhabit floors with access to internal green spaces can also create an indoor-outdoor environment when weather allows.

Both the tower and podium have enhanced setbacks to increase the amount of natural light that penetrates the internal floor space and is aiming for a 6 Star Green Star rating.

Client

Mirvac

Status

Design Development

Location

Brisbane, Australia

Completion Date

2020

Size

61,000 square meters

Conceived like a city, the building is made up of diverse settings, with breathable floors enhancing the sense of vertical community.

Located on the original site of the Turbot Street Fruit Market, the design celebrates its authentic Brisbane heritage.

Echoing the original market roof, a glazed podium canopy covers the entire ground plane, creating a protected and porous public space.